Reserves of lithium can this new white gold offer hope to the desperately poor nation. But first we go to italy where human traffickers come forcing more and more women into prostitution. Human trafficking is a highly lucrative business and its often linked to forced labor it affects women men and children. The International Labor organization estimates that Human Trafficking is worth at least one hundred fifty billion dollars a year. The majority two thirds is made from forced Sexual Exploitation the remainder through illegal work for example in households or on farms. In two thousand and sixteen more than fourteen Million People were believed to be living in slavery and women and girls make up seventy percent of them. Nigerian women have a decades long history of being smuggled over to europe many by italy the u. N. Says theres been an almost six hundred percent increase over the past three years of potential sex trafficking victims arriving in italy by sea the majority of them from
Buy timewarner a big power lunch begins right now. Welcome to power lunch, im melissa lee. Were just off session lows but stocks have accelerated losses here in the afternoon. Worst day in nearly three months stocks pushing lower following new details of the new Senate Tax Plan including a possible delay in Corporate Tax cuts. For all the details we have, lets head to john harwood in washington john the senates got a problem, their budget reconciliation rule allows them only to reducethis tax bill as we have seen emerge in the house, is going to cost more than that in the shortterm and also raise the deficit in the longterm. Also not allowed under senate rules. So what the senate is trying to do is make adjustments both to get the votes and also to meet the rules, one of those judgm t adjustments is going to be raising the Corporate Tax rate going from 25 to 15 . From what i understand, the senate will not delay immediate expensing, which is likely to be the stimulus part of this bill
Stocks in the red, the dow about 160 points as you see there from that 20,000 mark. Elusive, it has been. Banks hit hard. On pace now for the worst day since last summer, july. Energy rallying. Oil up 1. 5 . Nat gas on fire, up 5. 5 on a day where its 60 degrees, michelle, here in new york. Its beautiful, isnt it, tyl tyler . It sure is. You could be a naked chalupa in that weather. Im melissa. Shares off by 10 , and more on that in moments. Amazon promises to create 1,000 new fulltime jobs by this time next year. Shares higher on that news. Disney downgraded to a sell. Firm pointed to eroding subscriber base. The stock off by 1. 5 . Delta in the red despite better than expected quarterly revenues. Shares down twothirds of a percent. Melissa . More on the market slide. Hey, bob. Melissa, yields lower, dollar lower, stocks lower. Thats the story. Off the lows, but its been a rough morning. Take a look, for example, for Interest Rates, stocks there, and, of course, with the yields down,
After five months of fighting. Apple is going to toughen up security after the hack of celebrity photos earlier this week. Iphone and ipad users will get email alerts if anybody tries to change the password or login from a new device. That ruling in the gulf of mexico oil change may wipe out years of rockets at bp. A federal of profits at bp. A federal judge ruled that bp was grossly negligent when it comes to the oil disaster. They may face another 18 billion in fines and penalties. After the all important jobs report. Wall street anticipating that a strong report. How strong does it need to be to keep the bond market the bond rally going . Fed will note the change its policy anytime soon, even after weve seen betterthanforecast economic numbers of late. Economics editor mike mckee has our preview of jobs. Its amazing that, after numbers weve seen, we are still sitting here with a 2. 45 10year rate. That cannot last. Start with car sales. The highest since june, 2005. You need to buil
She received numerous prizes and accolades uprooting a Lifetime Achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival in twenty eleven the director spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after unsuccessful heart surgery now one of the last giants of italian cinema has passed away. And are up to date with the. Top of the hour with more world news followed by the day. In. Germany state by state. The most colorful. The liveliest. The most traditional. Find it all at any time. Check in with a web special. Take a Tour Of Germany State By state. On g. W. Dot com. This is how germanys roads look these days too much traffic Exhaust Fumes and Noise Conventional Auto Mobility is reaching its limits. Electric cars are meant to be part of the solution quiet and supposedly clean but how are the Raw Materials for their rechargeable batteries obtained. Take lithium for instance. Sit on the young men eons and millions of euros but they sacrifice human life if they sacrifice animals physically they s